Mesquite New Mexico Map
Explore Mesquite, New Mexico, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
Interactive Map of Mesquite, New Mexico
How to Use This Mesquite, New Mexico Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Mesquite, New Mexico. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of New Mexico or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Mesquite.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Mesquite |
| State | New Mexico (NM) |
| County | Doña Ana County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 32.164542 |
| Longitude | -106.696665 |
| Population | 984 |
| Density | 463.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 88048 |
| Area Code | 575 |
| School District | Gadsden Independent Schools |
About Mesquite, New Mexico
Mesquite is a locality in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 984. The population density is 463.9 people per km². Mesquite is located at 32.1645°N, 106.6967°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 88048.Mesquite anchors itself firmly upon the high desert floor, where the sun bleaches the earth into shades of pale ochre and bone. It lies 11.3 miles south-southeast of Las Cruces, NM (from Las Cruces, NM: bearing 155°T), and is situated 4.2 miles north-northwest of Vado. The air here holds a thin, crystalline clarity, sharpening the outlines of Vado Hill as it rises in the distance like a silent, geological sentinel. A mile to the west, the Rio Grande carves a persistent path through the scrub, its presence marked by a thin, jagged ribbon of green that defies the surrounding arid expanse. At the center of daily life, Mesquite Baseball Park serves as a modest gathering point, its dirt infield catching the low, golden light of dusk that seems to stretch the shadows of the creosote bushes into infinite, spindly fingers across the plain.
Generations have worked this soil, building a legacy defined by the seasonal labor of the fields and the patient irrigation of the land. The economy of Mesquite remains tied to the cycles of the harvest, where the scent of roasting chiles often hangs heavy and sweet in the late summer heat, signaling a rhythm of life that cares little for the frantic pace of the outside world. History here is quiet, etched into the adobe walls and the dusty shoulders of the roads that lead toward the distant Fillmore Arroyo. People move through Mesquite with a deliberate, measured grace, honoring a heritage that balances the stark demands of the desert with the enduring necessity of community.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Mesquite Baseball Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 063° NE
- Mesquite Community Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 340° N
- Organ Mountains - Desert Peaks National Monument (National Monument) — 3.2 mi, 090° E · 574k acres
- Organ/franklin Mountains Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 3.7 mi, 089° E
- Organ Mountains Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 5.8 mi, 057° NE · 20k acres
- SFC Antonio Rey "Rod" Rodriguez Memorial Interchange (Monument) — 7.0 mi, 343° N
- Seismic Laboratory (Historic Ruins) — 8.6 mi, 357° N
- Clock Tower at NMSU (Public Artwork) — 8.7 mi, 337° NW
- Shack and tower (Historic Ruins) — 8.7 mi, 357° N
- Frank Bromilow Mall Commemorative Plaque (Monument) — 8.7 mi, 337° NW
- NMSU University Museum (Museum) — 8.9 mi, 338° N
- New Mexico State University Art Gallery (Gallery) — 8.9 mi, 339° N
- Fountain Theatre (Cinema) — 9.5 mi, 323° NW
- El Milagro (Attraction) — 9.9 mi, 175° S
- Pat Garrett's Grave (Attraction) — 10.8 mi, 331° NW
- Miguel's Tree (Monument) — 11.1 mi, 336° NW
- Rio Grande Theatre (Theatre) — 11.2 mi, 335° NW
- Franklin Mountains State Park (State Park) — 14.6 mi, 141° SE
- Aden Lava Flow Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 14.6 mi, 235° SW · 30k acres
- Prehistoric Trackways National Monument (National Monument) — 16.1 mi, 321° NW · 5,262 acres
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About This Mesquite Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mesquite, New Mexico. Coordinates: 32.164542, -106.696665. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Mesquite includes the ZIP code (88048), telephone area code (575), county seat of Doña Ana County, and school district assignment (Gadsden Independent Schools).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
